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Mideast issue, OIC reforms discussed: Musharraf-Abdullah meeting
RIYADH, June 25: President General Pervez Musharraf and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud held wide-ranging talks here on Saturday with a thrust on cementing the multifaceted relationship....
Mirwaiz calls for ceasefire
NEW DELHI, June 25: Kashmir’s spiritual leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq urged India on Saturday to declare a ceasefire within the troubled region and spelt out steps to resolve the 57-year old
dispute with a vision for an equal space for its minorities....
Kashmiri leaders ready for talks with India
SRINAGAR, June 25: Moderate members of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference said on Saturday they were ready to reopen a stalled dialogue with India on the disputed region’s future as hardliners
branded such an exercise as “meaningless.”...
Islamabad welcomes election
ISLAMABAD, June 25: Pakistan on Saturday welcomed the election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran and hoped
that relations between the two neighbours would be strengthened.....
Pipeline a test for US foreign policy: report
WASHINGTON, June 25: The proposed Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline is posing a major foreign policy challenge for the US as it tries to balance its interests in South Asia with its objective...
PM seeks investment from ICCI members
ISLAMABAD, June 25: Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Saturday called upon members of the Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) to explore investment opportunities in Pakistan....
Pakistan against UNSC expansion: FM
ISLAMABAD, June 25: Foreign Minister Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri has said his country is strongly against the proposal to increase the number of permanent members of the UN Security Council...
178 Taliban killed in Afghan operation
KABUL, June 25: A total of 178 Taliban fighters were killed and 56 captured in three days of fighting in south Afghanistan, one of the group’s bloodiest setbacks since their 2001...
US sees triumphant pullout from Iraq
WASHINGTON, June 25: A day after rejecting calls for a timetable for pulling US troops out of Iraq, President George Bush assured his nation on Saturday that he had a strategy...
7 policemen suspended for torturing prisoner
MULTAN, June 25: Seven policemen of Vehari were suspended from service on Saturday after initial findings of an inquiry into the alleged stitching of the lips of an under-trial prisoner....
7 Charsadda villages inundated
PESHAWAR, June 25: Water flow is increasing in the river Kabul and its tributaries which has inundated seven villages and damaged crops on a vast tract in Charsadda district, said the NWFP Flood Relief Commission....
Monsoon brings relief to India
NEW DELHI, June 25: India’s monsoon rains, vital for its farm-reliant economy,
have advanced to cover more areas of the country and bring relief from a searing
June heat wave that has claimed 334 lives, a weather official said The
southwest monsoon has advanced further....
Indian troops on high alert in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, June 25: India’s army went on high alert on Saturday, to prevent more rebel attacks in occupied Kashmir’s main city, a day after a car bomb killed nine Indian soldiers and injured 17 people....
‘US backs those seeking freedom in Iran’
WASHINGTON, June 25: The White House expressed support on Saturday for those pressing for greater freedom in Iran. “We continue to stand with those who call for greater freedom...
TEHRAN, June 25: Ultra-conservative Tehran mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad swept to a stunning landslide victory in presidential elections on Saturday and immediately vowed to turn Iran into a strong...
KARACHI, June 25: A women’s convention organized by the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) here on Saturday ...
PESHAWAR, June 25: Water flow is increasing in the river Kabul and its tributaries which has inundated seven villages and damaged crops on a vast tract in Charsadda district, said the NWFP Flood Relief Commission....
